I dunno about this... especailly when you want some sort of desktop standardization so that you can insure that your sms delivery of the latest security hole/virus fix goes to everyone properly.
Although this trusted guy may know a lot about technical issues, he may not be in the loop with the direction that IT in the firm may be going.
Plus it's not his job... shouldn't he be marketing to somebody somewhere? Not to mention, it might be asked "If Ed can fix it, why do we pay those IT guys?"
Fixing an issue is only a small part of managing multiple systems. The anal retentive lock down insures against entropy and chaos.
Basically we have different types of requests systems for different types of requests (firewall changes, sw installs, more storage on a fileshare, new desktop, new server in the datacenter, new circuit or datafeed, etc...) Some of these request types require MS excel or MS Word templates filled out and emailed to the proper department. While other request involve intranet webforms or worse yet proprietary software installed on the requestors machine. It gets really complicated when request spawn other sub-requests.
I do agree with you on your exact definition of "free speech" but I think the lines between government and corporate interests have been blurred due to unregulated political contributions. Specifically when it comes to dealing with the RIAA.
Trust me... Wall Street is getting real cheap right now. They will park their ferrari in a toolshed if they could. Sun hardware is expensive and we are stuck with an Oracle dependancy that will require massive code rewrites to get off of. Its easier to bing down hardware (and datacenter related) costs
Original? Naw... Did anyone see Dark City or The Thirteenth Floor or Truman Show? All these films (including The Matrix)came out in '98 - '99... I was beginning to think that Hollywood was trying to tell us something about our reality...
I agree that programming is a skill, (as I code myself) but as India has shown, this skill is not difficult to duplicate. Simple economics says that that once the supply of the skill goes up, the price people are willing to pay for it goes down. It is no more India's fault that they have a lower cost of living than the US as it is Tuscon's for having a lower one than New York City. The guy in Tuscon is always willing to work for less (in fact his quality of life may end up being higher than his NYC counterpart that makes more)
If industrialized nations are going to champion globalization we are going to have to understand that we cannot have it both ways. We can't sell and manufacture our produts in developing countries while selectively choosing what jobs their citizens can or cannot have. It would be an artificial constraint to the idea of a free market.
McDonalds is always hiring but we have other options here... do something else where the skillset is more valuable. (value as in people are willing to pay more for it, not value as in it is important to a company)
Better yet... 1) buy a couple of these "CDs" from a major record store. 2) open them and attempt to play in an unsupported CD player. (not one that will end up destroyed) 3) take the disc back claiming that its defective. 4) Demand your money back 5) Repeat step 1)
With enough iterations, it may force Sony to produce Compliant CDs. Specifically if the stores can't sell them.
Either that or the stores will be forced to create a Non Redbook compliant CD section and remove the products from the Music CD section.
BTW be prepared to fight for your money.
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It depends on what your infrastructure is... I could see how this might be useful in large Wall Street firms that deal with disparate feeds and formats of market data. But I agree... this is not for everyone.
Does anyone here see any philosophical contradictions between "Free" speech and "Anonymous" speech in a stable society? Can (and should) both co-exist?
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Anybody ever use oracle for an enterprise mail system? http://www.oracle.com/ip/deploy/cs/
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I dunno about this... especailly when you want some sort of desktop standardization so that you can insure that your sms delivery of the latest security hole/virus fix goes to everyone properly.
Although this trusted guy may know a lot about technical issues, he may not be in the loop with the direction that IT in the firm may be going.
Plus it's not his job... shouldn't he be marketing to somebody somewhere? Not to mention, it might be asked "If Ed can fix it, why do we pay those IT guys?"
Fixing an issue is only a small part of managing multiple systems. The anal retentive lock down insures against entropy and chaos.
Basically we have different types of requests systems for different types of requests (firewall changes, sw installs, more storage on a fileshare, new desktop, new server in the datacenter, new circuit or datafeed, etc...) Some of these request types require MS excel or MS Word templates filled out and emailed to the proper department. While other request involve intranet webforms or worse yet proprietary software installed on the requestors machine. It gets really complicated when request spawn other sub-requests.
google it...
Trust me, you don't want to pay for 'em.
pay taxes
Just a note: those who pay for their yahoo and msn accounts have no ads at the bottom of their emails.
I do agree with you on your exact definition of "free speech" but I think the lines between government and corporate interests have been blurred due to unregulated political contributions. Specifically when it comes to dealing with the RIAA.
Trust me... Wall Street is getting real cheap right now. They will park their ferrari in a toolshed if they could. Sun hardware is expensive and we are stuck with an Oracle dependancy that will require massive code rewrites to get off of. Its easier to bing down hardware (and datacenter related) costs
Original? Naw... Did anyone see Dark City or The Thirteenth Floor or Truman Show? All these films (including The Matrix)came out in '98 - '99... I was beginning to think that Hollywood was trying to tell us something about our reality...
The boxes do not have to be expensive; Oracle does run on Linux. My firm is looking at RAC on multiple intel boxes running Red Hat.
Dude,
That formula is so wrong...
for P(0) = 2 Then
P(1) = 3 o.k.
P(2) = 7 o.k.
P(3) = 43 o.k.
P(4) = 1807 (whoa! 13 * 139)
Perhaps you meant something else?
I agree that programming is a skill, (as I code myself) but as India has shown, this skill is not difficult to duplicate. Simple economics says that that once the supply of the skill goes up, the price people are willing to pay for it goes down. It is no more India's fault that they have a lower cost of living than the US as it is Tuscon's for having a lower one than New York City. The guy in Tuscon is always willing to work for less (in fact his quality of life may end up being higher than his NYC counterpart that makes more)
If industrialized nations are going to champion globalization we are going to have to understand that we cannot have it both ways. We can't sell and manufacture our produts in developing countries while selectively choosing what jobs their citizens can or cannot have. It would be an artificial constraint to the idea of a free market.
McDonalds is always hiring but we have other options here... do something else where the skillset is more valuable. (value as in people are willing to pay more for it, not value as in it is important to a company)
Everything about the finale was good except for that feel-good farewell music video... You all know what I'm talking about.
Gilbert Strang did just that.
doesn't that depend on whether or not the number of columns are even or odd? (I don't feel like going through the rigor to check)
Better yet...
1) buy a couple of these "CDs" from a major record store.
2) open them and attempt to play in an unsupported CD player. (not one that will end up destroyed)
3) take the disc back claiming that its defective.
4) Demand your money back
5) Repeat step 1)
With enough iterations, it may force Sony to produce Compliant CDs. Specifically if the stores can't sell them.
Either that or the stores will be forced to create a Non Redbook compliant CD section and remove the products from the Music CD section.
BTW be prepared to fight for your money.
It depends on what your infrastructure is... I could see how this might be useful in large Wall Street firms that deal with disparate feeds and formats of market data. But I agree... this is not for everyone.
Does anyone here see any philosophical contradictions between "Free" speech and "Anonymous" speech in a stable society? Can (and should) both co-exist?